Co ordinates System in After efffects

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I have two shape layers set to the center of the comp, i applied the fromcomp expression to the transform position of the shape group (not the native transform position), to reference the position of the other layer (The Native Transform Position).
I understand what world space and layer space is in After Effects and the expression seems to work fine, but when i move the layer the other layer with the expression goes in the other the direction.
Why does it move that way.

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Dan EbbertsCorrect answer

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See if this works:

L = thisComp.layer("Layer_1");
fromComp(L.toComp(L.content("Rectangle 1").transform.position))

Dan Ebberts

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See if this works:

L = thisComp.layer("Layer_1");
fromComp(L.toComp(L.content("Rectangle 1").transform.position))

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ttemidayooAuthor

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It worked, Thank you.
But can yo please explain why my previous expression didn't work.

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Dan Ebberts

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I have to admit I don't completely understand the relationship between the layer's transforms and and the shape's transforms, but it looks like the shape's position represents where it is relative to the layer's anchor point, which would mean it's in the layer's coordinate system. So to be useful in an expression on another layer, you'd first have to convert it to comp coordinates and then convert that into the expression layer's layer coordinates, which is what my expression does. Yours uses fromComp() on the other layer's shape position value, which is not in comp coordinates, so I wouldn't expect that to work. It's hard to explain, expecially when you don't understand it fully yourself. 🙂

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